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Retreat News

The Heart of the One Who Asks – Maha Sangha Retreat

by SMS Editor • February 11, 2019

“The Heart of the One Who Asks”   MahaSangha Open Source Retreat June 9-14 Pueblo Mountain Park, Beulah CO Chiyono was widowed at 32 and couldn’t get over her grief. She came to the teacher Bukko and asked, “What is Zen?”…

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Classes and Gatherings

SMS Discussion on Forms at Community Night

by SMS Editor • February 10, 2019

Dear SMS, For this Monday’s Community Night, we’ll have a discussion of our customs and rituals in the Open Source Zen tradition, and in Springs Mountain Sangha. Lately, and happily, there’s been some lively discussion about the “forms” of our…

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Lunar New Year Ceremony This Monday

by SMS Editor • February 3, 2019

  Dear Bodhisattvas,   This Monday, February 4 during our regular Monday evening service, we’ll be holding a ceremony for the Lunar New Year.    This is a moment in the cycle of the year when we can begin to…

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Open Source Teachers for the Maha Sangha Retreat, June 9-14, 2019

by SMS Editor • January 22, 2019

Maha Sangha Retreat The Heart of the One Who Asks Pueblo Mountain Park, Colorado   June 9-14, 2019   Here is an introduction to our teachers who are generously offering themselves to make this rich gathering possible. (Only their travel expenses…

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Retreat News

To Gather in Stillness: Meditation Retreat February 9

by SMS Editor • January 17, 2019

To Gather in Stillness Meditation Retreat at Creek Bend ZendoSaturday, February 9, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM with Sarah Bender, Roshi Springs Mountain Sangha invites you to join in a long day of meditation  with a Dharma Talk and individual…

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Work in the Room with Sarah, this Saturday

by SMS Editor • January 17, 2019

Work In The Room with Sarah Bender, Roshi Saturday, January 19   Sarah will be offering Work In The Room this Saturday morning during meditation- a time for individual meetings with a teacher. You don’t have to know what you’ll talk about.…

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